Vocabulary

leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

programming; programing

savage land; barbaric region

Western books (esp. Dutch; in the Edo period)

foreign god

becoming firmly established; putting down strong roots

ship plank

wooden door

seam of joined boards

thick card made from several sheets of washi paper

boarding; board fence

sheet metal worker

shingle roof; house with a shingle roof

Japanese bay scallop (Pecten albicans)

(act of) writing on a blackboard

shingle roofing

wooden wall

seller; sales agent

store; shop

sales promotion

rice

eating house; restaurant that serves simple food

mealtime

(Edo-period inn) maidservant

round, wooden container for cooked rice

oval tub or tray used in fish shops

hard-to-penetrate event; hard-to-penetrate situation

fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking

troubles; annoyances

complex fraction

breeding season

uneven temper; caprice; whim

remaining in spots

spots; speckles; spotted pattern; mottled pattern

tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)

riparian works; flood-control works

Peace Preservation Act

security police

ruler